1/3 Rando Imperator

Alexei from Rome asked me to join him on the Rando Imperator, 650km from Munich to Ferrara, most on cycling path with gravel. I said maybe. He did not had to make me drunk to sign the registration, I’m old enough to do it by myself. Some days later Stefan had also a weak moment and signed. As having the best stuff is paramount we are sporting singlespeed steel cyclocross tanks equipped with 46×18.
We start at 5:30 in pouring rain, on the first muddy section we leave the field behind. After an hour we are totally soaked, it will not stop raining this day. 10 hours later we are at the Reschensee. Freezing. Water in the boots. Still more than 100 km to Bozen, where we have no bed but should ride on to Ferrara. To keep it short: we quit our first Rando and chose pizza, beer and bed instead.
Next day we enjoy a sunny ride to Bozen to take the train home while confirming each other that we may be old losers but making amazingly good decisions.

And 2 more pics of this wet day from the organization. Yes, Stephan wears rubber gloves from the kitchen.